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THE ROSARY 
IN RHYME 



THE 

ROSARY 

IN RHYME 

JOHN B. TABB 




MCMIV 



Copyright, 1904, by 

Small, Maynard & Company 
Incorporated 



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^ TO THE 

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^ ALFRED • A • CURTIS • D- D 

^ WITH THE 

X LOVE AND VENERATION 

OF HIS 






FIRST SON IN CHRIST 



THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 
I. The Annunciation, 2 

II. The Visitation, 6 

III. The Nativity, 10 
IV. The Presentation, 14 

V. The Child in the Temple, 18 

THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 

VI. The Agony, 22 

VII. The Crown of Thorns, 26 

VIII. The Scourging, 30 

IX. Carrying the Cross, 34 

X. The Crucifixion, 38 

THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 

XI. The Resurrection, 42 

XII. The Ascension, 46 

XIII. Pentecost, 50 

XIV. The Assumption, 54 

XV. The Coronation of Mary, 58 



THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 



I. THE ANNUNCIATION 



THE ANNUNCIATION 




CCUSTOMED in the 
highest heights to be, 
The Angel bowed in awe, 
As if, amazed before 
Humility, 



A deeper heaven he saw. 



THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 



II. THE VISITATION 



II 




THE VISITATION 

IS cloistered God the unborn 

messenger 

Exulting, leaped to hear : 

His mother in the Mother 

of her Lord 



Interpreting the Word. 



THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 



III. THE NATIVITY 



Ill 

THE NATIVITY 

O small that lesser 

lowliness 

Must bow to worship or 

caress : 

So great that heaven 
itself to know 
Love's majesty must look below. 




10 



THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 



IV. THE PRESENTATION 




IV 

THE PRESENTATION 

HERE, woman, is thine 
offering — 

The debt of law and love ? 
" My Babe a tender 
nestling is, 



And I the Mother-dove." 



14 



THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 



V. THE CHILD IN THE TEMPLE 



V 
THE CHILD IN THE TEMPLE 

MONG the sages while 
He sat, 

And they delighted heard, 
None knew the Child they 
wondered at. 
Was God's Eternal Word. 




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THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 



VI. THE AGONY 




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VI 

THE AGONY 

ERE, where with bloody 
sweat 

The ground is wet, 
The brutal thorn is bred 
iy To crown His head : — 



Dost thou, avenging sod, 
Curse home thy God ? 



22 



THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 



VII. THE CROWN OF THORNS 



VII 
THE CROWN OF THORNS 

H, wherefore were we torn, 
Reluctant, from the bough, 
To be a mark of scorn 
Upon this bleeding Brow ? 
O fruit of the Forbidden Tree, 
Behold the ripened penalty ! 




26 



THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 



VIII. THE SCOURGING 



VIII 

THE SCOURGING 

THONGS, for thirst 

Of fiends accurst, 

Ye quaffed the crimson 

flood ! 

Ah, would that we 

\Vho wound, as ye 

Were guiltless of His blood ! 




30 



THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 



IX. CARRYING THE CROSS 



IX 
CARRYING THE CROSS 

HEN Christ went up to 

Calvary, 

His load upon Him laid, 

Each tree unto its neighbor 

tree 

In awful silence said, 
" Behold, the Gardener is He 
Of Eden and Gethsemane ! " 




34 



THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 



X. THE CRUCIFIXION 



X 

THE CRUCIFIXION 

HY, O my God, hast Thou 

forsaken me ? 

Not so my Mother ; for 

behold and see 

She steadfast stands. O 
Father, shall it be 

That she abides when Thou forsakest 
me? 




38 



THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 



XI. THE RESURRECTION 



XI 

THE RESURRECTION 

EHOLD, the night of 

sorrow gone, 

Like Magdalene the tender 

Dawn 

Goes forth with love's 
anointing sweet, 
To kiss again the Master's feet. 




42 



THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 



XII. THE ASCENSION 



XII 

THE ASCENSION 

N Sinai did the cloud, 
His glory shroud ; 
And in the Holy Place 
It hid His face. 
As now He goes, so 

shall ye see 

Him come ; — a cloud His canopy. 




46 



THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 



XIII. PENTECOST 



XIII 

PENTECOST 

ISCORD — the curse of 

Babel — done, 

The world, divided, hears 

as one 

All hearts revealing 
each to each, 
The new-found harmony of speech. 




50 



THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 



XIV. THE ASSUMPTION 




XIV 

THE ASSUMPTION 

OR Bethlehem nor Nazareth 

Apart from Mary's care, 

Nor heaven itself a home for 

Him 

Were not His Mother there. 



54 




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THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 



XV. THE CORONATION 



XV 
THE CORONATION OF MARY 

^HEE, Mother-Queen of 

Heaven, 

He crowned, 

And not for love alone ; 

For in thy bosom first 
He found 
The life-spring of His own. 




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OF THIS EDITION 

OF THE ROSARY IN 

RHYME WRITTEN 

BY JOHN BANISTER 

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